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Ed Drew's Afghanistan: the first wet-plate conflict photos in 150 yearshttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/photography-blog/2013/jul/22/photography-art
US military gunner Ed Drew used methods from the early days of photography to create striking portraits that recall images from the American civil war. Here he explains why<p>It must have been a peculiar sight: a US soldier, his hands and clothes pockmarked with black silver nitrate, hunkered beneath the dark-cloth of a 5x4 field camera in a war zone in Afghanistan. Not since the American civil war 150 years ago had a photographer used the wet-plate collodion process in a conflict zone. At their best, the images produced by <a href="http://eddrew.com/">Ed Drew</a>, an aerial gunner, during his three-month stint in Helmand province this year, recall the rich and profound photographs created by <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mathew+brady&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;hs=DIg&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=wZXoUZ3hNYLU0QXllYG4Dw&amp;ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&amp;biw=1193&amp;bih=760#client=firefox-a&amp;hs=ax0&amp;rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&amp;tbm=isch&amp;q=mathew%20brady%20civil%20war%20photos&amp;revid=410034380&amp;ei=yZXoUe2hHc7I0AXTw4CgDw&amp;ved=0CA0QsyU&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&amp;bvm=bv.49478099,d.d2k&amp;fp=d9dfb15226b601a2&amp;biw=1193&amp;bih=760&amp;imgdii=_">Mathew Brady,</a> who documented the battles of the civil war era in graphic fashion.</p><p>The subjects of Drew's photographs are his comrades. Proud, blithe, stoic, pensive - whatever their mood, their lingering expressions are eerily engaging, the duration of each exposure having rendered them with a ghostly effect. As such, they force the viewer to think anew about individuals who risk themselves at war. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/photography-blog/2013/jul/22/photography-art">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArtSally MannEadweard MuybridgeArt and designCulturePhotographyTechnologyWar reportingMediaAmerican civil warAfghanistanMon, 22 Jul 2013 16:01:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/photography-blog/2013/jul/22/photography-artJonny Weeks2013-07-22T16:01:00Z